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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 6, 2023Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this river flood warning at Jul 6, 2023, 6:48 AM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2023, 6:48 AM MDT (12:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2023, 7:50 PM MDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Purgatoire River near Las Animas (LAPC2). The gauge peaked at 10.34 ft at Jul 6, 2023, 2:00 PM MDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07128500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 6, 4:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:41 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:48 AM MDT, 6 hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:04 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:46 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	24 min
Jul 5, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jul 5, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 5, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	13 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jul 5, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jul 5, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Jul 5, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jul 5, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
Jul 5, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso	31 min
Jul 5, 7:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	27 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	23 min
Jul 5, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	61 min
Jul 5, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
Jul 5, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jul 5, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
Jul 5, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	35 min
Jul 5, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo	51 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	26 min
Jul 5, 9:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	39 min
Jul 5, 9:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	5 hr
Jul 5, 9:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	36 min
Jul 5, 9:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	30 min
Jul 5, 9:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Jul 5, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers	63 min
Jul 5, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	38 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers	58 min
Jul 5, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca	59 min
Jul 6, 12:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	24 min
Jul 6, 5:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.